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VOL. XVI1.- MANN- -~ING, S.C., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 14, 1908. **NO.2 24
k h's.e i W .ii~i\cCV det~t ne ti
peciitus chr ; unil Wedv(1)esda;
xhenl they wr omdyarse
arat i-".d b iy Hon. i'obert Lid,
rWhohd n to Colm
ri the da The warrants chart
eraly IN that these inen have beE
uilot of safe-hinwing and robberi
> poStoilces in) <-1uth Carolina durir
enent as' 'f N .vemib'er and Decen
Ar The ooing are the towne i
-thCih they Lre alleed to iiave oper,
ed: aaunrn i esvilie, in 0
mgehur C. znty: Etioree in Spartai
urlz Counit : Ba:itesburg in Lexinig.t'
: Iunt: liartsville. 1)ariington Coin
v: Moitmilorecei. Aiken Countv. ati
Leno. Laurens (Oitiv. The "sw au.
n these r.lbberies aggregates oiv(
2L.0o0. Tiere have been quite
muiber of otier roberies in -th
tate. but these have not as yet be
barged against Howar and his gan
lhere are also large rewards whic
vill be given to the proper o!1icers i
ase these parties are convicted.
The prisoners were arraigied befoi
4Ir. Lide WedlnesdaV afternoon an
vere locked up in the county jail
hey could not raise the amount
>ail. -,o00 for each man. The pr
iminary examination. to be held c
date not yet tixed. will he conduc
d before Mr. .l ames Verner. who w,
ust recently appoiinted United State
ommissioner. The officers will n(
ive any of the evidence which point
o these men as the ones guilty of th
rimes enumerated. but they evideni
v have enough upon which to oper:
te. The developinig of the eviden(
vill be the wvork of the seeret servi(
Before their formal arrest each
he suspected erooks was asked man
earch-ig quest ions. The ollicers sa
hat these men have the bearing
> fessioinals and their own stati
nents shows that they have been i
Xlumbia some time. They denied bN
g connected with any of the nume1
Us robberies in the State and say tha
hey have not been outside of Coluir
ia except to che carnival in Charle:
o n. They likewise denied havin
er traveled in neighboring States.
These men. or some of them, hax
ed a fast life here. They have squar
lered thousands of dollars. . Nolan i
aid to have lost S1.500 at cards i
n night. Since their several at
'ests persons in town who were throw
it,h them have been telling marve
ius yarns of the extravagance of son.
f these worthies. how they woul
brow out a greenback in payment (
rinks and then refuse the chang<
low they spent their money on me
nd women whom they fancied. Sue
cts as these would tend to show tha
hese men. if guilty of the ciarg(
>referred. have been living in Colum
>ia for months and had become veti
uresome in their fancicd security.
The government men who have bee
vorking on tite case are very compli
netarv in tlwir rcferences to Chie.
)alv and the waT in which he eng
eered the case. O)nicers Stricklan,
.nd Thackham. the city's detective
.re also receiving due credit for tnei
ervices in spotting anr shadowing th
leged crooks. No bank or postotlic
n South Carolina has been secure I
ate months. and if these are the gui
y parties who have committed 5
nany depredations. then the State i
vell rid of them arnd the otticers ar
ndeed to he praised. The receu
obhries were not co-ntined to th
aking (of money. The crooks knoa
iow to use '"stickers" as they denc
inate postage stamps. There is
'fence" or confederate of suppose
espectability in scme lar'ge city wh
ells the stolen stamps to wholesa]
touSes. etc.
A Public Apology
A special to TheState from Colun
>a says Post master itichardson's pul
ic declaimer of responsibility or er
lorsement of attacks on Senator Til
nan that have appeared in his pap<
vii probaly avail to~ induce the sent
or to withdraw his opposition 1
chardsons co n irma tion1 as postmat
er of' Greenville.Sehnator' Tiillman ha
naintainedi that "'private apologi(
'or public slanders will not sullice
'he senat or said lhe w' uld ''consider.
he -::i~urawal ot his' oJlpition t
e post master's con :ir'mation whe
,he latter disavoiwed thriough ti:
dtorial (clunts of the paperof whic
e is business manager'. responsibilit
,f the a ttacks5 on the senaitors char'a
Lo thme Rtich Indian.
It appeairs from census statistii
hat reigrets for the passing of the Ii
hans fi tihe Unted States are vai
Ldc useless:5 that, as ai matter of fac
hee is more' indian blood in tI
nitd St nes t day than ever b~ef ra
eicretay liitecock's reccnt repom
how thatn there' are niow inl the colu
v ' 9.oomi persons of I nin 1)od(1
are numIfberl than when the i
rifther landed in Massachusett
td thenI indianis are iving Vt better nom
an ever' h~fore in thir~ history. I
ler'1 thlir va 'Ins 1 reati'.s with ti
wrnmevln~.it. thtey have' beom'te Li
ieest,'race of puple, tak'ing as
vhole, ina t he: world'.
Suicide Eidtjemic.
A d ispatch froiim New York sa
uie seems1 to b. epidemic in th;
itigito. i he- erotner's attiee in
;eady strneam) Wu1dnesday andi med
al e:inincrs were busy noliing p0s
ortiems and making preliminar'y i
estigatons5. -Leven cases hdad be
Alponse ()her, a: white lMy w
as be n missi ng from his homite
serly a week and fotr whlomt searehij
paties have la ,ked. was fo unid dtet
n a fieki sever'al miles fro
Mbie Ala. The boy had been siho
uspicon po ints to a niegro boy wVil
whom bert wa's last seeni as the pai
wo' sh''t him.
A scecial toThe A tlanita Jouurn
from sainesville says cc. 1mcause h
brother refus"d ii ive im a cig
rette paper. .Pink...m.....yun~ mn
knife into' hN 12 - kilit
him instanmfly. r.ve e rr
A G AN- OF CROOKS.
A Den of Vice Invaded by the Officers
of the law
AND SAFE BLOWERS ARRESTED.
They Have Been Making Colulbibat
Ther Headquarters Vor' Moniths.
ito.hh.bbed Af Over the
Sta te.
Charles Hoiward. Edward Dugan.
Thoma~s Niianttand Wililim McKinley';
are the nam:es of four men under ar
rest in Columbia on the charge of rob
bing postadices and banks and in a
number of towns in South Carolina.
Their arr-sts and the raids of the oti
cers in search of evidence against
them caused quite a sensation Tues
day, the fifth instant. The State says
the district of vice was thrown into
turmoil by the repeated visitatonLs
from the 'licers and the denizens 1
were in dread of further arrests. Over 1
a score- of persons were held at one I
time or another in the effort, to getl
information and the otuieers seem toi<
have secured evidence sutlicient toij
justify them in bringing the case to(
trial.
The followi ng particulars of the ar
rests we take from The State. Some <
time ago the chief of eee was given 1
the information that there was a gang
of safe-blowers, putting up in Colum
bia. They attracted attention to
themselves Iv their lavish expendi
ture of money. their liberal treat
ment of their friends in places where
drinks could be secured. and by mvak- t
ing presents to women. Chief D1a1ly
and the city detectives began to watch
the movemeuts of these people and
sent for Messrs. Gregory and Pulsirer.
the United States. secret service
agents who are located in South Caro-;
lina.
The oflicers were waitirg for an op
portunity to strike when chance
placed the men in the hands of the
police. Sunday night. the 4th instant.
a pistol was tired ny some one in or at
a house on 6ates street. Ot1er Mc
Quatters arrestod Edward Dugan on:
the charges of carrying a concealed i
weapon and of discharging tirearms
on the street. The following morning
in the recorder's court Dugan was C
lined $40 on the tirst named charge.
He paid this amount promptly and 1
put up another $40 for his appearance C
at the recorder's court on the charge
of discharging tirearms. Monday af
ternoon, the 5th instant, Charles
Howard, one of the witnesses in the
latter case, went to talk vith the
chief in regard to the case and Capt.
Daly thought it time to make a move 1
in the more important case as How
ard and Dugan were both being shad
owed. Accordingly when these two r
appeared in the recorder's court Tues
day morning, the 6th instant, they r
were detained. Otticers Strickland, Z
Marsb, Thackham and Dowie were a
sent to get the other men under sus- I
picion. Strickland and Marsh arrested
Thomas Nolan in a house on Gatesi
street kept by a negress. William I
McKinley was found at Grant's res- 1
taurant by Thackham and Dowie.
The otticers then began a searching
examination of these men. Raid afteri
raid was made in the tenderloin dis
trict and while no actual arrests were 1
made there were a score of denizens
and frequenters of questionable placesi
detained as witnesses. The otlicers'
kept their own counsel and would give
out no information, but the news got
abroad that there was a wholesale ar- I
rest of safe-blowers under the charge
of disorderly conduct.
BOWARD, ALIAS HEARtNE.
Howard appears to be the leader of
the gang. His 'road" name is
"Dutchy.' He had very swell apart
ments in a locality of questionable
nature on Gates street, between Ger
vais and Lady. When his apartments
were searched the chief, the city de-1
tectives and the secret service men
found receipts for furniture and fur
nishings which had cost Howar hu
dreds of dollars. There was aso hn
dress suit case and a new valise. both
of fine quality. The otticers also found
a number of suits of clothes and other
articles of apparel-some rough and
evidently used "on the road," others
for use in the city. When Howard was
brought suddenly into Chief Daly's of
fice where he faced inspectors Gregory
and irving the crook showed that he
recognized the latter who were wit
nesses against Roward (or Hlearne as
he was then known) for blowing open
a safe at Barnwell, W. Ya. In March.
1899, Ilowaid was sentenced to spend;
three years at Moundsville. W. Va. I
When H oward's person wa~s searched
the police found $300 sewed in the
seat of his underclothing.
NOLAN. TilE AR:TIsT.
The next .most important in the
party arrested seems to be Thomas
Nolan. The police apparently~ hav~e
some information as to his p'ast b~ut
they will divulge nothing, except in
regard to Howard. Wh~en he was ar
rested in the house kept by Cairrie
Baker, Nolan had nearly $400 on hi.s
person. .
When the otticers searched the room
which he had occupied they found the
equipment necessary for the work of~
safe blowing. .The heavy tools are
picked up in the towns in which thet
work is to be done~but there are other'
-tools which unmistakably are marks
of the profession~and Nolan had these
in his room wrapped in a bundle.
There was a flash light, such as is
used by crooks, and two. electric bat
teries for the light. There was also
a pocket compass. a mileage book of
the Southern Rtailway Company with,
Thomas Nolan's name written there
on, a Colt's revolver and a large" num
ber of cartridges and a pocket map of
the State of Georgia. loward andI
Nolan were the only ones w~ho ha d
any money. None of the me~n lhave
any work in Columbia, Nolan and IDu
gan claiming to be gamble rs an~d
Howard. the man with luxurious
apartments. claimed to be wor'king~ in
Grant's restaurant. Mclinley 'also
gambled. Each of the men hasa
" road" name known to members oh
the profession over country. H~oward
is known as D)utchiy and iDugan as~
Starr. but the otticers have not ye.t
loceol an and McKinley.
WIL iL 'IOlT CRU.
n
Senator Tillman Will Do All He Can
to Defeat His
CONFIRMATION AS POSTMASTER
01 Charieston By the United States
Senate Because the People of
I- I the State Want Him To.
n
SThe Washington correspondent of
The State says "bitterness has been
aroused in Charleston against the
a president for his action in appointing
a negro, Dr. Crum. to be collector or
i that port. The Charleston board of
trade has passed resolutions calling
upon both Senators Tillman and Mc
Laurin t'o' tight Crum's contirmation
e to the last ditch in the senate and to
d use every effort to secure the nonina
s tion of a white man to the collector
)f ship. Senator 'MeLaurin has not yet
returned from his Christmas holidays
t so that it is not known whether he
- will respond to the cry of the Charles
S ton people and oppose the policy of the
s administration. Senator Tiilmamn. as
I was announced in The State. will en
ter a protest a'rainst the appointment
e of Crum and will avail himself of the
opportunity to say a few things about
the policy (if the R'oosevelt ad minst ra
eI tion in shoving olf negro otlicials upon
e the people or the south. The senator
does not anticipate that he will be sue
cessful in his tight against Crum un
less proof is furnished him that the
negro is unqualitied for the otlice on
other grounds save that of color. for
while the latter ground is allsuficient
to convince the senator it will be use
less to hope for consideration in the
senate on that score alone. Whether
the Charleston people can bring proLf
that Crum was a disloyal Republican
at the 31inneapolis convention is not
certain. These charges were present
ed to the president last fall but in re
futation Crum secured testimonial
e from prominent Republicans to the
effect that he bad entered t he conven
s tion a Harrison man and had remain
n ed true to hiscandidate. It was charg
- ed that Crum went to the convention
n pledged to Bl-laine and was induced to
I- transfer his support to Harrison in re
e turn for the Charleston postmaster
d ship. This olice was tendered him.
,f but the nomination being held up in
the senate his name was withdrawn.
n President Roosevelt, it is said. would
b not have objected to being furnished
t with some such excuse to turn down
S Crum. lie has asked the question as
- to what obligations this administra
tion was under to the Charleston
negro. but after his personal letter to
n Mayor Smyth. in which he lectured
- the Charleston aristocracy on their
f attitude toward the blacks, it was
- obviously impossibie for him to refuse
I the otce to the negro doctor, merely
because he was a negro.
r It is through no love for the presi
e dent nor because of any desire to aid
Shim in any way that Senator Tilliman
inte~nds to protest against Cram's ap
.pointment. Nor is it merely in re
2 sponse to the cry (if the Charleston
s board of trade that he will institute
e this tight. Indeed friends of the sena
t tor were wondering whether he would
a overlook tie fact that Charleston had
y endorsed the insult President Roose
- velt offered him last February in
i withdrawing his invitation to the
i Prince Henry dinner. It was just
o after this incident, for which the
e president has been rather severely
criticised by some of his own party.
that Charleston received MIr. R~oose
velt with open arms. It is known
that Senator Tillman has not forgot
iten these thing nor has he forgotten
>- the cordiality with which the MIc
L- Laurin idea was received in thme "City
l- by the Sea." at the time when it was
:r tought the junior senator stood in
.with the administration sutticiently
to secure a generous appropriation for
-the exposition.
s "I have been tightiog niggers and
s carpetbaggers all my life remarked
-the senator Wednesday, "and I should
-not be true to my traditions, my par
>ty or my State if I let up anywhere
n along the line in this tight. U3ut I.
e want it understood that I atm oppos
h ing the appointment of this negtro to
the collectorship or the port of Char
-leston. because I represent the peopie
of South Carolina, and the people
from the mountain to the seaboard
are, I believe, opposed to domination
by the negro."
SSo far as Charleston itself is con
cerned, it must, be admitted that she
n is not receiving as much sympathy
as might have been expected from2
i2memobers oif the South Carolina dele
gatmin in having a negro hurled di
r- etly at her door. This is due to the
strnge chang!e of front hzost spring
w ith reference to the nomination of
31r IIlarris as poistnmaster. When the
- mnme of Ilarris wvas tirst sent in. pro
ets cam~iTe from Charlestoin that Presi
- denit Roosevelt had appointed a "'car
epetbiagger" to the most lucrative post
Oilc in the State. investigation, it
awas claimed, would show that MIr.
iais w'as not a bona tide~ citizen of
the Staite: that be was in the employ
of the pension ollce: that he was re
ceiving the customary allowance fo~r
emploes away from home: that he
hiad formerly been in New York but
did not receive this per diem expense
appropriation, that State being con
sdered his homne. So much was tihe
preident impressed by the assertions
tha t he withdrew the nomination
from the senate and thle tight which
senaitor Tillman had iistitted~ was
for the time without a target. Sud
denly Ch(arleston sentiment appearrs
to have~ undergone a change. P'eti
tions~ ilooded the capital from promin
ent cit izens of Charleston reciting the
praises of MIr. IHarris declaring him to
be the most acceptable man for the
otice, and urging Senator Tilinan toi
withdraw his opposition because of
M1r..Iarris' acceptability the Charles
tionians isked that is nomination he
il contirmed regardless of thre principle
s involed. Mr. Iharris is still awaiting
-conirmation by the senate. Senator
ilhnan has not withdrawn his oppo
a stion and there is some question
Swhethe-r he intends to. it is the eon
1 duet of Charlestonl in the Hlarris case
n~n;,.h has robbdhhrl11em of the syrn
patby they would have oterwisc re.
coived froim the delegation in ther
present ailliction. The point ha;
been suigested if they are willing tc
swallow a carpetbagger as postmastei
the appointment of an alleged respect
able iiegro as collector should not
prove such an indigestible morsel.
NEGROES IN OFFICE.
Somc Sensihle Remarks on the Sub
Ject by a Northern Paper.
It is an error for the United States
government or any of its departments
says the Philadelphia Ledger, to im
pose upon a community a local oflicial
who is personally olfensive or distaste
ful to that community. There is no
theory, no abstract ideal, involved in
this. The postmaster of a town is
simply a person designated to trans
act certain business for the inhabi
tants and he mist be a person accept
able to them. Their right to beserv
ed agreeably is far superior to any in
dividual's right to hold a public oflice.
The appointments of negroes to of
fice in the Southern States have very
generally been based upon an inver
sion of this rule-upon the negro's
right to hold Omlce. rather than upon
the community's right to be titly
served. It is not pretended that in
the average Southern town the ne
groes form the mos, intelligent and
trustworthy portion of the population,
from whom the United States govern
ment can best select its representa
tives. In many towns, no doubt, they
are more numerous thanthe whites;
bct the chief oflicials of the place are
rightly expected to be somewhat
above the general average, nearer to
the higher plane of intelligent citizen
ship. The selection of negroes for ofr
tiee. therefore, is plainly influenced
by political considerations, in prefer
ence to considerations of elficient ser
vice or of the comfort and satisfaction
of the community. This is both a
theoretical and a practical error. No
man possesses any personal right to
hold an ollice simply by reason of his
color. If he is not acceptable to the
people he is expected to serve, the
government is not called upon to im
pose him upon them because he is a
negro, any more than it would be be
cause he had red hair. It may be
said that the people have no more
right to object to him on one account
than on the other. While this may
he true, the fact remains that they
do object. On various grounds not
necessary to discuss here most South
ern communities object to negroes in
ofice. while they have had no occa
sion to consider objections based on
other physical distinctions. It may be
an unreasonable prejudice, but it ex
ists, and it is not peculiar to the
South. The correction of social pre
judices. reasonable or unreasonable, is
not a function of the United States
overnment. Its function is to have
the public business transacted in a
manner to give the greatest possible
satisfaction to the people concerned.
A DEVIL SHIFTS QUARtERS.
A Man Who Poisoned Two Lads for
Ten Dollars Hanged.
Paul Woodward, a -human in form
but a devil in spirit, was hanged at
Camden, N. J., on last Wednesday.
The drop fell at 10.05 and Woodward
was pronunced dead ten minutes
later. Woodward was apparently the
most unconcerned person in the party
at the hanging and showed remark
able nerve. Paul Woodward's crime
was the murder on Oct. 1, last, of
-John Cotlin, aged 11 years and Price
Jennings, aged 18 years. The boys
disappeared from their homes on Oct.
1. and their bodies were found in the
woods near Haddion Heights, six miles
from Camden, N. .,. on Oct. 4. Wood
ward had been seen in company with
the lads on the day of their disappear
ance and was arrested. An analysis
of the boys' stomachs showed that
they had died from arsenical poison
ing. The police otficials learned that
Wodward had bought arsenic a few
days prior to the boys' disappearance
and upon being indicted by the grand
jury was later placed on trial and con
victed of murder in the first degree.
Counsel for the prosecution claimed
that Woodward had poisoned the boys
fr the paupose of robbery. When
they left home the boys had $10 in
their possession, but when the bodies
were found the pockets of the cloth
ing did not contain a penny.
The Penitentiary.
Captain G rillith, superintendient of
the penitentiary, has completed and
filed his report mn;king a most excel
lent showing financially. The finan
-ial part of the report shows thai
there was on hahd December 31. 1901;
$11.>7.012. and -that there had beer
received sinae -thuen, $72.282.19. mak
ing toital cash sum available for yea;
$4.ot9.2l. After paying necessary
expenses making permanent improve
ments amounting to $4.300. there re
mains a balance of $17,112-14. TC(
this must be added what Is in sight
andl soon to be availab~le, making a to.
tLI balance of $23.402.04. The crops
were good this year-. and after having
-nough to run the institution fora
year there will b~e bor sale 5,00J0 bush
-Is of co-rn. 50(1 tons of hay and 3,000
bushels of pe-as. D~uring the year
there wvere 9i61 pr-isoners but the num
tier has been reduced to 701.
Wiln Get. a College.
The Will iamnston Female college is
to be moved to Greenwood. This
dci sio(n was reached Wednesday.
Nine tenths of the trustees of that
institution dlecided to move it there.
A vote of the students of the college
resulted in over 75 per cent. agreeing
to come to Greenwood. There are at
present one hundred and five board er
in the college.
The Unloaded Pistul.
The Spartanburg Journal says Win
Bishop. of Inmnan, 2:3 years old. diec
in Asheville Saturday as the result of
a pistol wound accidentally inxlictec
b a 15-year old boy. John Seay. The
The latter was playing with a pisto
in bshops room an~d not knowing the
weapon was loaded he snapped it witl
fatal results. The remains of BishoI
wer sent to innman for burial.
BUBONIC PLAGUE
May Invade the United Statcs Dar
ing the Present Year.
AND THE WAR DEPARTXENT
Is Preparing for Possible Campaign.
The Destruction of All Rats
Is the First Thing
to Do.
A Washington special to The State
says although there is little apprehen
sion that thenurmerous cases of bubonic
plague which have recently appeared
at Mazatian and other towns in
Mexico will spread to this country,
the war department has been sup
plied with detailed information by
the board of public health of Manila
as to the most effective means of erad
icating the plague, which will prove
of great value in the event of an emer
gency. The first case of the plague
was discovered in Manila, Dec. 26,
1899, and from that date until March
6, 19C2, when the disease was finally
stamped out, there were 745 cases in
the Philippine city. "Destruction of
all the rats in the city, or as many as
possible, was early determined upon
by the health oticials in view of the
associaticn between the plague and
the rodents. From Septe.nber, 1901.
until the disappearance of the plague
an active war waswaged against rats,
a body of Filipinos known as "tie
Rat Catchers Corps" being organized
for the purpose, under the direction
of the chief health inspector. Armed
with rat traps and rat bane the corps
divided into squads of two were dis
tributed througnout the various sani
tary districts of Manila, each squad
being in command of a chief who be
came responsible for the placing of
traps and bane and the collection of
material. In addition a per capita
fee of 5 cents, Mexican, was paid for
every rat sent to the government
laboratory by persons not in the regu
lar rat catchers corps. As a result of
this warfare 50,000 rats were caught
alive and several hundred thousand
by poison.
Rules and regulations were drawn
up for the governing of the rat
catchers and infraction of them was
followed by dishonorable dismissal
from the corps. Each member of
the corps was required to wear a
prescribed uniform consisting of
a blouse, trousers and cap of
uniform material selected by
the commissioner of public health and
a brass shield over his left breast bear
ing the insignia of the corps and the
number of the wearer. This uniform
had to he worn whenever the catchers
were on duty, though they were per
nitted to appear in civilians clothing
at othdi times.
Members of the corps were required
to report daily at 10 a. m. to the office
of the chief sanitary inspector of each
district for the purpose of receiving
instructions and submitting reports.
Each squad was provided with two
galvanized iron buckets with covers.
one for carrying the disinfection solu
tion and the other for receiving the
dead rats. One hundred rat bane tins
and receptacles for carrying the same
completed the kit of each squad. The
rat bane used was prepared fresh
every day at the municipal laboratory,
whither the dead rodents were return
ed for examination and cremation.
1The catchers went on duty at 8 p.
m. every evening and came off at 5.30
a. in., covered the entire city distri
buting rat bane. Beginning not later
than 5.30 the next morning this bane
was removed by the morning relief.
In making their rounds the corps col
lected all the dead rats on the premis
es visited, disinfecting them in the
solution furnished, after which they
were tagged and turned over to the
laboratory for tinal disposition. In
distributing the rat bane which was
of course deadly poison to the mem
bers of the corps were charged to warn
the inmates of the various houses vis
ited of the danger involved, advising
them to keep domestic pets and chil
dren closely guarded during the pre
scribed hours for baiting rats.
Of the 60,000 rats sent to the labo
ratory, 40,666 were examined micro
scropically for bacilli and of these
only 242 were infested with plague.
In February of last year the num
ber of traps set aggregated Ga,
370. In addition to baiting rats
in traps with bacon, fish, cheese,
meat scraps or boiled rice, the
corps caught a great number by hand.
The rat catchers would run their arms
into the holes, rat runs and sewers and
catch the rodents after they had been
driven out from under shacks that
were removed. Several of the catchers
were severely bitten by the more vig
orous rodents, though none of the in
juries resulted fatally. A third meth
od employed was by means of nets
placed over holes and sewers into
which the rats had been driven by hot
water carbolic solution of the fumes of
sulphur. A mong the poisons used with
success were prepared rat cheese; rat
bane; a mixture of ground glass, flour
corn meal, sirup, with 1 per cent. of
strychnine; ground rusty bacon or
boiled rice with 60 per cent. of arsen
ious acid; and equal parts of flour and
plaster of parts with a dish of water
on the side.
Because of the character of the Mla
nila buildings and their crowdcd con
dition, the rodents were afforded every
opportunity to ilourish. All rats sent
to tue municipal laboratory were mi
croscopically examined and as each
rodent was tagged it was possible to
trace back the infected onles to the
house where they were caught. All
such houses were treated as if the
inmates had been infected with- the
plague. Since the plague appeared in
Manila cases have occurred or rats in
fected with the disease have been
caught in 5010 houses and the owners
of each of these were reqluired by the
board of health to remodel the struc
tures, cleanse them and put them in
a thoroughly sanitary condition. As
a result of this ordinance over 600
houses were remodeled and cleaned.
the repairs costing the owners in some
instances from s$300 to 5.000. Tyhe
plague, however, raged chiefly among
the Chinese and lower classes dwell
in in lower, floors aned nina houses.
These were subjected to immuniza
t'on by means of the Shiga antiseptic
vaccine, thousands of doses of which
were distributed by the board of
health, the vaccination being perform
ed by native physicians under the
direction of a mdical inspector.
SHORT DAYS AND NIGHTS.
When the Sun Rises and Sets in Some
Points of Sweden.
Mr. Carlson. of Spartanburg, who is
a native of Sweden and spent many
years of his life in that far northern
country, in conversation with a re
porter of the Spartanburg Journal
told something of the peculiar meteo
rological conditions that prevail there
by reason of the northerly latitude of
Sweden. We think now that our days
are short, but an inhabitant of Sweden
would tind the days as they are now
with us so long that he would prob
ably get sleepy before dark. Mr. Carl
son says that in midwinter in the part
of Sweden where he lived the sun does
not rise until 9;30 and it sets at 2:30.
This gives only tive hours of sunlight
and 19 of very black darkness except
when the moon is shining. A little
further north from his home the sun
rises even later and further still it
does not rise during thq winter at all.
In spite of all this Mr, Carlson says
the people observe about the same
hours with their work as we do here.
Of course, farm and outdoor work can
not be carried on without -light, but
during the cold season farm work is
necessarily suspended anyhow. In
factories, however artificial light is
used and work goes right ahead. The
people there eat four meals a day. A
light breakfast is taken on rising,
which is before day, another meal
about 10 o'clock. dinner about three
o'clock, which is after dark and sup
per along toward bedtime.
In summer these conditions are just
reversed, the sun rising about 2:30 a.
m. and setti og about 9:30 p. m. giv
ing about five hours with the sun be
low. the horizon, but even during this
time there is twilight enough to see
how to read. The change in the
lenth of the days comes on very rapid
ly and even in so short a time as that
between Dec. 21 and Jan. 1 the
difference is quite perceptible.
Fatal Hotel Fire.
At Chicago on Wednesday four per
sons lost their lives and as many per
sons were injured at the Hotel Som
merset, a five story brick structure on
Wabash avenue and Twelfth street,
early Wednesday. Three of the vic
tims are Mrs. Perry, aged 35 years,
and her two daughters, S and -9 years
old respectively. The fourth victim,
Mrs. Ethel Saunders, of Indiana,
jumped from a window of a room on
the same floor to the street and died
on her way to the hospital. The loss
is nominal.
A Close -Call.
At Hartford, Conn., twelve men,
while coasting on a large sled, colid
ed with an engine at the foot of the
hill. By great good fortune. the sled,
instead of going between the wheels
of the engine, struck one of the driv
ing wheels. One man was thrown
against the wheels and bounded back
badly bruised. Four others were
thrown into a pile so close to the
track that the engine brushed them.
The others clung to the sled, the rem
nants of which were dragged twenty
feet by the engine.
Married a Convict.
A courtship began in the State
prison at Trenton. N. J., had its cul
mination in the marriage of Charles
Miller, recently paroled, to Miss Lou
ise Hill, a few days ago. Miller was
given a sentence of ten years for
breaking into a postoffice. While
working in the clothing shop he con
ceived the idea of a blind lockstitch
sewing machine that would enable one
man to do the work of a hundred. It
proved successful and he is in a fair
way to become rich. H-is bride's home
is just outside of the prison walls.
Had Nine Wives.
Eugene Skyles, an alleged bigamist,
now in jail at Port Gibson, Miss., was
a minister of the Christian Church,
but is said to have no fewer than
eight deserted wives in various parts
of the country. His latest matrimo
nial venture, and the one that result
ed in his downfall, was his marriage
to Miss Whetstone, daughter of a
prominent planter of Mississippi. IHe
eloped with the girl to Tfexas, and
while he was gone a deserted wife
proved the truth of her assertions to
the girl's family.
Something to Note.
A quite notable utterance is quoted
from Prof. W. II. Council. of Normal,
Ala. "Although," he says, "*I came
up from the other side of the ilood,
and drank the dregs of the cup of
slavery, still I honor the gray-haired
veteran of the 'lost cause,' and I feel
that when they pass away and when
their old slaves have passed away, in
a measure the power of the balance
wheel of Southern society will be
gone." Northern exchanges please
copy.
Hie Fooled Themi.
.Joseph Kirspach was taken into a
Philadelphia hospital recently suffer
ing from what was supposed to be a
bullet wound in the right temple. Ile
had placed a revolver to his head and
ired. Mr. Kirspach was seemingly
unconscir'ms, but after the surgeons
had wasized the blood from his face
they found no injury save some pow
der burns and abrasions of the skin.
It was then discovered that the cart
ridge used by Kirspach was a blank
one.
Death of Mr. Williams.
Geo. W Williams, president of the
Carolina Savings Bank and widely
known as one of the wealthiest men
in South CarolIna died of heart fail
ure at his residence, in Charleston
last weels. Mr. Williams was 83 years
of age and had not been in good
health for some time though he was
in his oflice the day before his death.
The fortune that he leaves is various
ly estimated at from two to three
million dlainrs.
TROUBLES OF BULL FIGHTERS.
The Fates are Aginst the -Real
Sports of Darlington.
A special dispatch to The State
says two brothers living in Lamar
procured three bulls from another
brother living in the near vicinity,
contemplating giving the people of
this county a free exhibition of the
old Spanish sport, but having re
ceived information that the governor
objected to ?ugh sports, they decided
not to give a pubic e iition, but to
.keep them for the amusemen of their
own few personal friends. Last Sat
urday two of the brothers decided to
go out and amuse themselves in the
old Spanish style. No priest was
available ih this country, to hold the
opening services, as is customary in
Spain, so a protestant preacher was
procured. He was requested to go
around and bless these sacred animals
of the "Dons," so that this anxious
exhibition might proceed. This min
ister of the Gospel, having arrived at
the stalls of the bulls and looking
them over thought they were too fine
animals to be killed.jn such a cruel
way and so decided to return to these
two brother and try to show to them
the cruelty of such an inhuman act,
but it seems that the bulls were
averse to this minister's feeling, and
as the preacher was then in the stalls
with them, the bulls decided to have
a quite little rehearsal before going
out for the exhibition. One of them
broke losse in his stall and rtarted
across f.,r one of the otbers, and as
the preacher was right in his way and
the minister tried to grab a rope at
tached to the bull's horns and was
successful, but was immediately
jerked down and under the bul, and
in the meantime the other two bulls
havinng broke loose, they allstarted in
for a "free-for-all" fight, ttie first one
using the preacher as a breast protec
tor. At this time there being such a
disturbance, the whole town had con
gregated, and the two brothers were
trying to "bull the rope market," when
the mayor of our city arrived on the
scene with the members of the city
council, and .read the "riot act" to the
bulls and theirs owners, but it did not
seem to have any effect on the bulls,
and so the mayor swore in the whole
town to stop that fight, but it seems
that none of them were brave onough
to venture into the arena and argue
the pointof inhumanity with the bulls,
so the mayor decided to wire the
sheriff of Yorkville and the Rock Hill
militia, but the bulls seemed to have
taken the hint and decided to quit,
after being notified that the sheriff of
Yorkville was expected. The preach
er in the meantime had been kindly
tossed tbrough the barn and was al
lowed to escape. The mayor of the
city and the two brothers have de
cided to arbitrate the matter, and
"peaceful conditions prevail-"
Gone Twenty Years.
Abiel Patch was a soldier in the
Civil War, and when the war ended
he returned to his native place, Rut
land, Vt. There he was married a
few years later. He bought a good
farm, and with his wife lived happily
nearly fifteen years. By industry he
acquired a goodly amount of property.
Patch took a pan of corn at 4 p. m
Dec. 27, 1882, and started for the
poultry house to feed his hens. When
he did not return for supper his wife
hunted all over the place for him, but
in vain. The next day a searching
party was formed by the neighbors
and the forests for miles around were
scoured, but without finding a trace
of the missing man. After a few days
the search was abandoned. No letter
ever came nor was any inkling of the
whereabouts of Patch ever received.
While Mrs. Patch was preparing for
supper last Monday evening there was
a rap at the door. She opened the
door, and an old man with a long gray
beard stepped in. There was nothing
about his face or figure that looked
familiar to Mrs. Patch, and when the
old man told her he was Abiel Patch
she thought he was playing a prank
on her. When he showed ner a pecu
liar tinger ring which her husband
had always worn and the scar of a
severe bullet woond on the side of his
head which he received at Cold Har
bor in the Civil War there was no
further doubt of his identity.
"I left home because I wanted ex
eitement," said Patch later in ex
plaining his long absence. "I got
tired of farming and started out into
the woods. I have been all ovor the
forests of N'orthern Vermont, New
H ampshire and Maine, and have killed
hundreds of deer and moose. I didn't
intend to over come back, and I hoped
my wire would marry again, but I
heard a little while ago that she had
not. I thought I would see her once
more before I died. The winters have
been pretty cold, and I could not
stand it much longer in the woods."
Patch did not think his wife would
welcome him, but as she has done so,
he says he will remain. Mr. and Mrs.
Patch have never had any children.
Nearly Roasted.
At Birmningham,Ala., David Church
a grocery merchant, was held up at
his place of business on Avenue F and
FI fteenth street at 2 o'clock Wednes
day morning by two white men and a
negro. All wers heavily armed and
he was forced to open the safe and
turn over 8659 to them. The robbers
then hound and gagged him and tied
him to a bed on the second floor and
set tire to the house. Church was un
able to release himself until the flames
burned away the cord which held him.
Then he ran through the tire to a
window and sprang out and gave the
alarm. The store was burned, with a
loss of 85,000. There is no clue to the
perpetrators.
Painful to Record.
A dispatch from Laurens to The
State says Mr. Hiliary Moseley, aged
65, died Thursday night at the county
home. He was a native of Laurens
County and at the outbreak of the
Civil War he promptly volunteered,
enlisting with the South Carolina
Guards. Company A. Third S. C. -Reg
iment. IT" served gallantly to the
close of hostilities. He was well
connected in Laurens and Green
ville Counties. His health failing a
few years ago he became a ward of
I -mrens County.
A FATAL WREC
A Train Telescoped on the MainStr
of an Ohio Town.
FOUR PERSONS WEEB
A Few Minutes Later a
by Wreck on Other rack
Scattering the Debris.ud
Wounding Engineer
A dispatch from. Ada, Ohio, Says
lour men dead and -fourteet- or more
other persons injured, on fatally, is
the result of a co '' tween two
trains on the Pennsy
the main street -of ity a
o'clock Thursday evening The dead
Joseph Stein, Fort
-McPool, Fort dyne.
Alonzo Hadley, --Wort, 0.
Injured: W. A. Freeze, Chicag
J. J. Casey, Cantn 0..
Mr. and Mrs. .Durilman and little
daughter of Van -oxt
Peter Trace Uctor of train
No. 35. 7_
Curtis Mc d&
Andrew Brun d Tort Wayne, Ind.3
M. Giese, Ottawa
Walter Klinger Ada.,
W.- D. Blackb4;7 baggage mastr
of No. 35.
Guy Kingsbury;etor of the u
kirk Standard.
Benjamin Zooke, Fort-Wayne.
T. J. Burdette, Iaton. -
The accident one of ftbe ow -
that ever occur a this diviiron df
the Pennsylvan- tem andwas
highly sensational in ~ I its details oc
curring as it did on themain street
the townat a time when the thogh
fare was crowded with people.
No. 35, westbound .fr-Fort .Wiyiie
had started out of ti istation
the Main street crossing was cmp
ed to stop on account of someae e
to the airbrakes. A'fireman wag
back to notify a
in the same ~ :on whc 7a1v
several minutes Owingte
snow storm the.enineer ofio.19was
unable to see the liignal in time to
slacken his speed. His engine cas
into the rear ofaro. 35. el
sistedottwo
ing a comb n
senger car hoter passee
in front. Bot telescoed
scarcely a passen caped"
some sort. The e ihneert.
of No. 19 were also slightly
not enough to prevent:-th-rV
rendering immedia
those who were in s
The scene a .Ythe wree was
frightful. Many wericone84
gated about the spot af;
the street was well flled.
farers on their way h6bin
The crash was heard aleheiifik
and almost the entire popilaOn'WM,
soon on hand to render wha a
ance they could in r-,
wounded and dead, e once
carried to the freight an&sta
tion and laid on improvised
engine of No. 19 was almostd io
ished, but the cars behind It 'e~ib
damaged in the least and none
passengers were bruised. Te r
age 'was strewn all over the tak~D
in a few minutes the Chicago i
New York limited, eastbound, ad~
through on the other track '~z
miles an hour, hurling the acn~
ted. debris in all directions, .bji'
pausing in- its flight until theig
town. Then the train was stop
and backed to the scene of the ac
dent to get orders. No damage ws'
done to the engine of the flyer,bu1
was learned that 'a piece of wreckage
flew into 'the cab as the train dahed
past and painfully binised-'theerigi
neer. H~e was, howeverable to-con
tinue his run and left in a few min
utes with his trai.
Feast on Horse Flesh.
Six hundred people sat down Thuirs
day night to the most remarkable
banquet that ever has Ueen~ given in
Berlin, Germany. The dishes consist-'
ed entirely of horse meat and were
served In various forms. The society:
for the prevention of- cruelty to ani
mas issued the invitations to the din
ner, which was given for the purpose
of demonstrating the nourishing and
palatable qualities of .horse. meat,/
thereby causing increased consaimp
tion of the meat and a ready market..
for old horses. This would prevent
the owners from working the-poor an
imals to death, as well fed specimens
would bring good prices.. The bill'of
fare consisted of horse soup, pickled
horse tongue, fillet or horse and roast.
horse. All of the dishes were nicely
prepared and were greatly relished.
The presiding officers of the society,
Privy Councillor von Seofeld, said
30,000 horses had been eaten in Ber
lin last year and that he hoped for -a
large increase In the future. Many
prominent members of the reichstag
and of the city council were present
at the banquet.
Going To Liberia.
In the steerage of the White Star
ling steamer Teutonic,ewhich sailed
Wednesday from New York for Liver-.
poo, were 32 colored men, 12'women
and 10 children who are going to;
Liberia to settle. Thiey came .from
Irwin county, Georgia. One of the
men said: We are just poor farmers.
Business was not very good with us so
we got together, sold out our farms
and are going out to Liberia to begin.
life again." The party have about
$2,000.
--A Bark Lost.
News of the wreck of the Norwe
gian bark Prince' Arthur and the:
death by drowning of 18 of the crew
was received Wednesday. The Prince
Arthur was bound from Valparaiso to
Columbia to load lumber. On thej
night of January 2 the vessel ran into
breakers and was soon hard and fast
disaster is about two miles south of
Ozette, on the Washington 'coast
Tis is precisely the position fro~
which the Germa bar a e~as
rescued by tugs in the winter of'1900.